Don't Go Down To The Quarry Lyrics - Peter, Paul & Mary

Don't go down to the quarry in the middle of the night 

'Cause you'll never come back, you'll never be right 

We lost Maggie there just last spring 

And Big Ben Johnson, he couldn't do a thing 

Big Ben Johnson made a bet with Mad Man Mike 

That he could cross the quarry in the middle of the night 

Now he got there, 'bout halfway across 

He started sinking down in the red clay moss 

Nearby standin' on the tracks where the trains used to come 

Was Mad Man Mike, beatin' on his drum 

Laughin' out loud, eyes rollin' in his head 

Standin' on the tracks in the Lucifer's stead 

With a long red cape and fire in his eyes 

He lifted up his hands to the midnight skies 

And the thunder start to roll and the lightenin' flashed wild 

And Big Ben Johnson start a cryin' like a child 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Down, down, down, down 

Then the earth gave a shudder, the quarry start to split 

Screamin' down went Johnson into the fiery pit 

With a laugh that shivered the center of the bone 

And Mad Man Mike just standin' there alone 

He's callin' all the people, to take their turn 

And and fall into the pit and eternally burn 

Down, down, don't , don't go down 

Down, down, down, down 

Well Lucifer's caught on the railroad track 

He's howlin' at the moon 'cause he can't come back 

In the evenin' while we're sittin' there in front of the fire 

We laugh at old Lucifer before we retire 

Don't go down to the quarry in the middle of the night 

'Cause you'll never come back, you'll never be right 

We lost Maggie there just last spring 

And Big Ben Johnson, he couldn't do a thing 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Down, down, down, down 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Down, down, down, down, down 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down 

Down, down, down, down, down